Yonkers firefighter PJ Goldfeder had a fire extinguisher at home and helped contain a stove fire at his neighbor's house Saturday.

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A fire badly damaged the kitchen of former City Councilman Dennis Robertson, but an off-duty firefighter living across the street saved the house from further destruction, Deputy Fire Chief John Flynn said Saturday afternoon.

A cooking accident started the blaze at 27 Belmont Terrace shortly before 10:30 a.m., and Robertson's neighbor, Firefighter PJGoldfeder, rushed across the street with his own high-pressure extinguisher and kept it from spreading, Flynn said.

"He aggressively attacked the fire, and he was able to contain it mainly to the room of origin" until more firefighters ...